The Rise of the Empire

In desperation, Major Huck could only do it himself. Fortunately, His Royal Highness is subsidized for the annual food consumption of the colony, so much money is given to you, as long as you can manage the mouth in the jurisdiction, you can spend the rest of the money yourself. In line with the principle of saving as much as you can, the rest is your own principle. Major Huck started hiring local Africans to grow food....

Farming also needs people, and Major Hacker first targeted the black insurgents held by the German authorities. . . . Because these people are cheap! You can live by eating food. As for resistance? Well, the black buddies from Africa were the first to disagree. Lao Tzu finally had a full meal. Whoever wants to smash Lao Tzu's rice bowl is the mortal enemy! In the first batch of 100 prisoners, except for 5 who escaped and 10 who were reported by black buddies from South Africa and pulled out to shoot, the remaining 85 people worked honestly.

Backed by the theory of sustainable development, and with the support of relatively abundant funds, Hacker quickly solved the problem of the colony's survival, but with the development of projects such as railways, mining and rough ore processing, and the necessary industrial projects, Huck found that the local manpower gap was too great.

According to Dr. Itmel's estimates, the construction of railways and mines could not be completed without tens of thousands of workers. Many projects in Gada in Africa are still based on human and animal power, and there are few kinds of machinery, and maintenance and transportation are also problems after they are shipped.

In order to solve the problem of insufficient manpower, Huck even started from the black tribes who had rebelled against the plantation owners! "As long as you enter my jurisdiction and promise not to cause trouble, then you and your family will be guaranteed safety!" Something called a "green card" appeared in German Namibia. As long as the mess isn't too big, as long as you can get to Huck's jurisdiction and sign a contract, then well, you're safe, at least within the jurisdiction!

Major Harker suddenly discovered that his troops were the most powerful armed forces in the entire Namibia region! The armed forces of the German colonial authorities in Namibia numbered only 500! By 1895, Major Huck had 200 cavalry, 600 infantry and 300 native African colonial troops and 200 urban management!

There were times when the colonial authorities needed to put down a rebellion and have Major Harker be involved. No way, the entire African colonial authorities only had 50 cavalry.... The mobile force is simply pitiful! But think about it, when there was a big rebellion in Gada, Namibia, the Germans only mobilized 1,500 soldiers. Now Major Huck finds out as long as he doesn't kill himself. Namibia is going sideways! As for covering up prisoners, raising murderers to deal with competitors, there is no pressure at all. Many planters in the Bavarian jurisdiction have cut down sisal and changed to grain under Hacker's "friendly persuasion"!

What? What do you think the German government thinks of this matter? How else can I look at it, the local German government found that it was much easier in its jurisdiction, the pressure of "maintaining stability" was greatly reduced, and the amount of marks sent from the opposite side was sufficient! Who cares what happens to a few farmers? Of course. After all, there were a few people who fought against Major Harker in China through their connections, but the result was obvious. Those who are not clean themselves are naturally unable to deal with the "rotten feudal ****." After the German central government found that the economic situation of the colonies was gradually improving, it did not care much about the local situation. After all, the current Namibian economy is also considered. flourishing, isn't it?

There are many things in the world that are a little bit unexpected. At that time, Major Harker wanted to use the bayonet to safeguard Bavaria's interests in Africa, but now,

Major Huck became the "protector" in the eyes of black people. After all, it is more economical and cost-effective to replace the bayonet with bread.

And now these black people are all employees of the "SAR". If something goes wrong, do you go to work? And, spurred by ever-expanding manpower needs, Major Harker began to focus elsewhere, aside from the local Boers who had always had a "good" partnership. Major Huck and Dr. Itmel also focused on the Portuguese colony north of Namibia!

"From a cost point of view, black prisoners from British South Africa and local are more suitable as laborers. They only need to eat enough to support their families and have a little money. If we hire labor from Portuguese, except for In addition to the normal meals and meager wages, we also need to pay the Portuguese extra money, as well as the round-trip travel expenses, which are very expensive!" Huck has raised this question more than once.

Huck is right, except for normal labor costs. Huck also needs to give the Portuguese money! One of Portugal's biggest trades in the African colonies was the export of labor. In the Portuguese colonies, every African adult man had to work for the Portuguese for free for 6 months every year! And shrewd Portuguese businessmen "packaged" these labors to where they were needed, and most of the remuneration for the free labor of black people flowed into the pockets of the Portuguese government and businessmen.

"You should know. You will naturally know. If you shouldn't know, don't ask more. There are many things I just implement without knowing the reason." a clear answer. Of course, another reason is that Dr. Itmel really doesn't know what His Royal Highness is going to do, but when a special working group came to German Africa. The doctor with a keen sense of smell seems to sense something! A strong conspiracy smell.

Human beings have a characteristic, that is, they can tolerate others being worse than themselves, but they can't stand it when others are better than themselves! Especially everyone is a black brother, you are from South Africa, I am from Angola, why do you eat so well every day and get paid, when I come here, I can only get enough water? Why can your family eat bread, I only have vegetable soup here?

Then someone will come and tell these indignant black buddies in Angola that, in fact, the Germans spend the same amount of money on you as they spend on everyone else, except that a considerable part is withheld by the Portuguese. If you want to get fair treatment, it's fine, just don't go back, get you a death certificate here, and then stay in Namibia to get you a record, won't it? Provided, of course, that you perform well. Willing to contribute to this "beautiful" jurisdiction.

What? You still have family in Angola, and you are reluctant to leave! That's okay! Tell your family about this and the Chief who brought you some of our "gifts". Encourage them to "have a chat" with the Portuguese when they're fine. Then get a series or something. In short, to put it bluntly, it is to find ways to intensify local conflicts.

Thanks to book friends flying in the constellation of the universe and other book friends for their rewards~~~. The second is to offer~~~. There will be one more later~~~.